Mount Sion GAA

Mount Sion (Irish: Cnoc Sion) is a Gaelic Athletic Association club located in Waterford City, County Waterford, Ireland, founded by Brs O'Connor and Malone, teachers in the above school. Although technically separate from the school, the club still maintains a close relationship with the school, sharing the same sports facilities in the city.

Mount Sion

Cnoc Sion
Founded:	1932
County:	Waterford
Colours:	Blue and white
Grounds:	Marian Park, Waterford
Coordinates:	52°15′39.84″N 7°08′01.90″W
Playing kits
Standard colours
Senior Club Championships
All Ireland Munster champions Waterford champions Football: - - 5 Hurling: - 2 35

The club fields teams in both the Waterford Hurling and Gaelic football championships and has had many famous players, including John Keane, Philly Grimes, Tony Browne and Ken McGrath.

The club is mainly concerned with the game of hurling and is the most successful in Waterford with 35 county title wins, although they did win 5 county football titles back in the 1950s. They have also won 2 Munster Senior Hurling titles, in 1981 with victory over Limerick club South Liberties (3-9 to 1-4) and in 2002 beating Sixmilebridge of Clare (0-12 to 0-10). The club has produced a number of All Star winning players for Waterford and also two Inter-county hurlers of the year, Tony Browne in 1998 and Austin Gleeson in 2016. John Keane was also selected on the hurling team of the millennium. Frankie Walsh was the last Waterford man to lift the Liam McCarthy cup in 1959. The club enjoys a rivalry with fellow city club Ballygunner and for much of the 1990s and 2000s the two clubs dominated the county scene in Waterford playing each other in the county final most years. Mount Sion won titles in this period in the years 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002,2003,2004 and 2006 with talented players such a such Ken McGrath, Tony Browne, Brian Greene,Eoin Daniels, Eoin Kelly, & Eoin McGrath. Since 2006, Mount Sion have had something of a barren period going without a county final win and they came closest in 2014 but Ballygunner came out on top in the county final 2-16 to 0-9.

Notable players

• John Keane
• Andy Fleming
• Loughlin 'Locky' Byrne
• Paddy Dowling
• Vin Baston
• Ian O’Regan
• Pat Fanning
• Austin Gleeson
• Phil Grimes
• Seamus Power
• Mick Flannelly
• Martin Óg Morrissey
• Fred O'Brien
• Johnny O'Regan
• Frankie Walsh
• Larry Guinan
• Jimmy Byrne
• Pat McGrath
• Jim Greene
• Ken McGrath
• Tony Browne
• Eoin McGrath
• Dickie Roche
• Brian Greene

Honours

• Waterford Senior Hurling Championships: 35
  • 1938-40, 1943, 1945, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1953–61, 1963–65, 1969–1972, 1974, 1975, 1981, 1983, 1986–1988, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002–2004 and 2006
• Waterford Senior Football Championships: 5
  • 1953, 1955, 1956, 1959 and 1961
• Waterford Junior Football Championships: 5
  • 1939, 1948, 1990, 2013, and 2018
• Waterford Junior Hurling Championships: 2
  • 1934, 2011
• Waterford Under-21 Hurling Championships: 7
  • 1973, 1974, 1985, 1991, 1994, 1995 and 1999.
• Waterford Minor Hurling Championships: 27
  • 1933, 1934, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1958, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000 and 2008
• Waterford Minor Football Championships: 5
• 1956, 1957 (as Na Risigh), 1958 (as Na Risigh), 1964 (as Na Risigh), 1973
• Waterford Minor 'B' Football Championships:
  • 1990, 2008, 2009,
• Munster Senior Club Hurling Championships: 2
  • 1981 and 2002

External links

• Official website

Preceded by Ballygunner GAA	Waterford Senior Hurling Championship 2006	Succeeded by Ballyduff GAA